'Deeply hurt': Convicted murderer Christa Pike speaks out after botched execution
Summary
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike said she remains in physical and emotional pain after surviving a failed lethal injection on September 30. In her first public statement since the attempt, she thanked medical workers and supporters and expressed concern for her victim’s family. Her lawyers have asked Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to reduce her sentence to life in prison.Key Facts
- Pike issued her statement on Friday through her legal team, from the prison infirmary.
- She said she has been in constant pain and still struggles to speak.
- Tennessee tried to execute Pike with two doses of pentobarbital on September 30.
- Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of classmate Colleen Slemmer, whom Pike killed with her boyfriend when she was 18.
- Pike said she had not imagined a life beyond her execution date and described herself as hurt by what she called the execution attempt’s incompetence.
- Governor Bill Lee called for an investigation and postponed the state’s other lethal injection scheduled for this year.
- Lee said Pike’s sentence would likely remain unchanged unless the courts decide otherwise.
- Pike’s lawyers have asked Lee to commute her sentence to life imprisonment.
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